That's worth considering, lightweight posts and plastic fencing :) It might be just a touch too lightweight and not durable enough for the wind we get. Maybe we could do that around the clothes line and do the driveway fence more solid.

Wind doesn't trouble mesh fences too much because they are mostly gap. Hence the posts don't need to be as beefy.

This reminds me of a sign we used to have at work - "Cheap, Fast, Good - Pick two"

I would try to match the fence value to the value of the child.

I think fit for purpose is important. We bought a new car to keep him safe, but we don't need a top of the line fence in this situation.

He'll never be allowed outside unsupervised, and we've installed deadlocks to make sure of that. Since we'll be within 3-5 meters of him at all times we really just need something to slow him down a bit so he doesn't hurt himself.

These panels at Bunnings are $82 for 2.4m, garden fencing not pool, which seems pretty good. Fencing off the driveway would probably three of them, a gate, posts, and hardware. Best guess, $800 is for the parts, though drilling into decking I might need some kind of metal plates for strength.

I might go lightweight around the clothesline. Some pieces of wood screwed to the retaining wall with some plastic fencing. Just enough to stop the little guy falling off the edge and hurting himself.

These panels at Bunnings are $82 for 2.4m, garden fencing not pool, which seems pretty good. Fencing off the driveway would probably three of them, a gate, posts, and hardware. Best guess, $800 is for the parts, though drilling into decking I might need some kind of metal plates for strength.

I might go lightweight around the clothesline. Some pieces of wood screwed to the retaining wall with some plastic fencing. Just enough to stop the little guy falling off the edge and hurting himself.

One observation, relating to your earlier comment on wind.

We have this king of fencing system at home but in 1.6m panels. In strong winds it develops a vibration and hum. Loud. Fecking annoying.

This isn't caused by anything being loose. It's a vibration in the lengths of material. The whole fence did it (until the hedge grew). But gate was the worst.

We have this king of fencing system at home but in 1.6m panels. In strong winds it develops a vibration and hum. Loud. Fecking annoying.

This isn't caused by anything being loose. It's a vibration in the lengths of material. The whole fence did it (until the hedge grew). But gate was the worst.

That's interesting. Ours might not be as well anchored as could be ideal, so we could get that sort of thing.

The place the fence will be is sheltered from the south by a 2m high fence, and from the north by the house, which might reduce it slightly. It's outside the kitchen, the bedrooms are maybe 5-8m away and are double glazed. So hopefully we'll be right, but if not, I guess we'll deal with it.

We have this king of fencing system at home but in 1.6m panels. In strong winds it develops a vibration and hum. Loud. Fecking annoying.

This isn't caused by anything being loose. It's a vibration in the lengths of material. The whole fence did it (until the hedge grew). But gate was the worst.

That's interesting. Ours might not be as well anchored as could be ideal, so we could get that sort of thing.

The place the fence will be is sheltered from the south by a 2m high fence, and from the north by the house, which might reduce it slightly. It's outside the kitchen, the bedrooms are maybe 5-8m away and are double glazed. So hopefully we'll be right, but if not, I guess we'll deal with it.

The sections of our fence that hummed were quite exposed, and ran across the prevailing winds.

hehe yeah - last time i touch one of them here, had a hammer in my hand, arm fly back and i let go off the hammer - it go flying into the air and almost landed on my head - the 6.5Kw gives a good kick (arm sore for 1 hour after that) , the kid would not go anywhere near a fence again after the first hit (same goes for our poor cat - fences are a no go area now)